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Hey, good morning. I'm Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels. It's Tuesday, the 12th of December. Here's what's driving the day.

First is Ukrainian President Zelensky being in D.C. today, he is going to be meeting with President Biden.

He's also going to be on the

Hill. He's going to speak with and meet with Speaker of the House Johnson and others. White House

Aides think this visit would basically pressure folks on the Hill to get something done on this deal.

I will say there's also a lot of reality here that it seems

more likely that the House will be leaving on Thursday, as they are scheduled to do, without a bill

that ties Ukraine, aid, Israel aid, and immigration. So it seems unlikely that that bill would happen this year.

Special Counsel Jack Smith, the man who is investigating Donald Trump's bid to subvert the

2020 election and the charges related to that is urgently asking the Supreme Court to resolve

the claim that Trump is immune from prosecution.

The special counsel's biggest concern is that this Trump trial could be indefinitely delayed

if the Supreme Court does not act on this issue of it.

And joining me now to discuss what we saw yesterday from Special Counsel Jack Smith is legal

reporter Kyle Cheney, Kyle.

Good to see you again, my friend.

It's good to be with you, as always, Eugene.

Kind of a flurry of activity in this space, right? Did you expect the Supreme Court to take this up that quick? And, you know, get into wit for the people, what exactly they took up, because it's very specific.

Sure. So look, we've long expected that Donald Trump's first criminal trial, whether it was in

Florida or D.C., although, of course, D.C. is at the front of the line here, was going to end up

the Supreme Court. The only question was when and what was going to force the issue. And now we have it.

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